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London, England, 64, 123

  Tina’s home in, 156–57

  Loren, Sophia, 187

  Love, Darlene, 63

  M

  Mackie, Bob, 109, 117, 185

  Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, 127–30, 131, 138

  Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, 128

  Madonna, 135

  Mamma Mia!, 231

  Maracanã Stadium, 164–65

  Marshall, Peter, 105

  McEnroe, John, 121

  meditation, 88, 162, 173, 182

  Mickey & Sylvia, 55

  Milan, Italy, 157

  Mille Miglia, 184

  Miller, George, 128, 129, 130

  Minnelli, Liza, 164

  Montgomery, Robbie, 46

  MTV, 126

  Munich, Germany, 157–58

  Murray, Juggy, 41

  “My Way,” 15

  N

  Name of the Game, The, 86

  NEC Arena, 132

  New Jersey Meadowlands, 120

  Newton-John, Olivia, 115, 119

  New York, N.Y., 50

  Nicholson, Jack, 173

  Nutbush, Tenn., 25

  Flagg Grove School in, 28–30

  Tina’s childhood in, 1–2, 26–28, 31–32

  “Nutbush City Limits,” 91, 115, 159, 187–88, 235–36

  O

  Olympiahalle, 157

  Onassis, Aristotle, 85

  Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 6, 83–85, 185

  Oprah’s Next Chapter, 197–98

  “Overnight Sensation,” 139

  P

  Paris, France, 76

  Pelman, Tali, 231–32

  People, 131

  Petty, Tom, 135

  Phillips, Arlene, 126

  “Physical,” 119

  Pink Floyd, 182

  Pony (dance step), 46, 50–51, 65

  prayer, 88

  Prince’s Trust, 137

  “Private Dancer,” 123–26, 143

  Private Dancer, 123–26, 130–31, 138, 157

  tour for, 143, 144, 145, 149, 158

  “Proud Mary,” 76–77, 117, 143, 158–59, 185, 187, 189, 234, 238

  Puck, Wolfgang, 148

  “Putting Out Fire,” 121, 134

  Q

  Queen Latifah, 185

  R

  Ramada Inn, 94–95

  Redding, Otis, 49

  Redford, Robert, 185

  Rhine, 223

  Richards, Keith, 121, 130

  Ritchie, Lionel, 125, 138

  Ritz, 119, 120–21, 126, 132

  “River Deep—Mountain High,” 59–64, 69, 90, 123, 143, 236

  Road Warrior, The, 128

  Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 172

  Rolling Stones, 115, 116, 124, 127, 136, 137, 138, 143, 182, 193

  Ike and Tina Turner Revue as opening act for, 63–65, 73–74

  Tina as opening act for, 120

  Ronettes, 63

  Royal Albert Hall, 64–65

  Russell, Ken, 89–90

  Russell, Shirley, 90

  S

  St. Louis, Mo., 34, 37

  sanctified church, 31, 238

  Sarandon, Susan, 121

  Saturday Night Live, 119–20

  Sheffield, England, 189

  Sherbets, 116

  Shorter, Anna Maria, 101

  Sinatra, Frank, 15, 164

  60 Minutes, 173

  Skorpios, 5–6

  Smith, Roger, 91

  “Something Just Like This,” 193

  Spago, 148

  Spector, Phil, 59–63, 90, 236

  Wall of Sound of, 62–63, 122

  Spielberg, Steven, 127

  spirituality, 88–89

  see also Buddhism

  “State of Shock,” 136

  “Steamy Windows,” 159

  “Steel Claw,” 125

  Steiger, Jürg, 220, 223, 226

  Stewart, Mike, 106–7, 109

  Stewart, Rod, 115, 116, 119–20, 124, 138, 235

  Straumann, Dominik, 202

  Sue Records, 41

  suicide, assisted, 207–8

  Sweden, 158

  Sweetie Pie’s, 46

  Switzerland, 174, 175–76

  assisted suicide in, 207–8

  Basel, 222, 223

  Tina’s citizenship in, 195–97

  see also Zurich

  T

  Taylor, Harry, 33, 34, 48

  TCM (traditional Chinese medicine), 200

  Tharpe, Sister Rosetta, 48

  Thomas, Ann, 66–67, 92

  Thomas, Jimmy, 57

  Tijuana, Mexico, 8–9, 56, 216

  Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, 231–39

  Tina Turner Museum, 30

  Tommy, 89–91, 127, 173

  “Tonight,” 132–33

  Turner, Alline (sister), 24, 25, 31–33, 34, 37, 38, 80–81, 99, 109, 178, 179, 188

  death of, 195

  Erwin Bach and, 155–56

  Turner, Craig Raymond (son), 7, 45, 51, 56, 82, 99, 102, 105–7, 109–10, 148, 180, 241–45

  birth of, 40

  death of, 242–45

  Turner, Ike, 23, 32, 37–38, 41–45, 49–51, 82–83, 105, 106, 116, 118, 125, 172, 238

  childhood of, 41

  death of, 139, 186

  drug abuse of, 78, 79, 82, 83, 92, 180, 181, 186

  as father, 80, 81–82, 180

  goons of, 107, 110, 111

  hit man and, 108

  house decorated by, 74–75

  Ike and Tina Turner Revue, see Ike and Tina Turner Revue

  Kings of Rhythm, 37–43, 187

  lack of education and manners, 42, 75

  musical decline of, 83

  Olympiad Drive house of, 59, 74–75

  physical appearance of, 37, 41

  in prison, 181, 186

  reunion tour idea of, 139

  “River Deep—Mountain High” and, 59–62, 90

  “Rocket 88” hit of, 37, 42

  sound studio of, 77–78, 81

  Tina physically abused by, 44, 61, 66, 78–80, 83, 92–93, 166–68, 237

  Tina’s artistic differences with, 49–50

  Tina’s attempt to run away from, 66, 177

  Tina’s Buddhist practice and, 87–88, 89

  Tina’s distancing of herself from, 91

  Tina’s divorce from, 106–7, 111–12, 116, 138, 144, 177

  Tina sent to therapist by, 80

  Tina’s escape from, 93–95, 99–102, 167

  Tina’s first standing ovation and, 76

  Tina’s illness and, 73–74

  Tina’s meeting of, 37

  Tina’s mother and, 108–9, 176, 177, 179

  Tina’s mother’s death and, 179

  Tina’s relationship with, 2, 39, 40, 43, 55–56, 59, 66–70, 73–76, 78–80, 83, 87, 88, 91–95, 127, 144, 148, 166, 198, 216

  and Tina’s role in Tommy, 90

  Tina’s sexual relations with, 40, 44, 78

  Tina’s success and, 139

  Tina’s suicide attempt and, 66–70

  Tina stalked by, 110–11

  Tina’s wedding to, 6–9, 56, 216

  women and, 7, 11, 38, 39, 66–67, 78, 83

  Turner, Ike, Jr. (stepson), 7, 56, 82, 99, 102, 105–7, 109–10, 180, 181

  Turner, Lorraine (Ike’s former wife), 7, 39, 56

  Turner, Michael (stepson), 7, 56, 82, 99, 102, 105–7, 109–10, 180, 181

  Turner, Ronnie (son), 7, 56, 82, 87, 99, 102, 105–7, 109–10, 180–81, 244

  arrest of, 181

  birth of, 51, 55

  Turner, Tina:

  as actress, 89–90, 127–30, 131, 138, 181–82

  aging as viewed by, 151–52, 194

  birth of, 23, 26

  Buddhism, chanting, and meditation of, 13, 26, 87–89, 99, 100, 107, 108, 132, 162, 173, 182, 186, 235, 242

  on cabaret circuit, 109, 115, 116, 117, 127

  Château Algonquin home of, 9–10, 21, 23, 174–75, 176, 182–84, 217, 231

 
childhood of, 1–2, 23–33

  “Claw” crane and, 182, 187–88, 201

  concerts and touring of, 158–65, 181–82, 187–89, 193

  daily routine of, 182

  dancers of, 162, 163, 187

  dancing of, 32, 46, 50–51, 55, 65, 77, 104, 115, 163–64, 193–94

  decorating of, 74, 153, 154–55, 178, 183–84, 228

  family reunions of, 176

  fan mail received by, 187, 233

  father of, see Bullock, Floyd Richard

  gun carried by, 108

  hair and wigs of, 24, 46–47, 60, 115, 116, 138, 144–45, 146, 160

  high blood pressure of, 21, 188, 201, 203, 216–18, 224

  homeopathic treatment of, 217–19

  honors received by, 172, 184–85

  hospital job of, 40

  housekeeping of, 100

  husband of, see Bach, Erwin

  intestinal cancer of, 21, 205–7, 209, 219, 224

  Jaguars of, 85–87, 108, 112

  kidney failure and dialysis of, 21–23, 201, 203–9, 213–19, 237

  kidney transplant of, 208–9, 219–27, 233–34, 242

  Laurel Canyon home of, 105

  legs of, 143, 185

  mother of, see Bullock, Zelma Currie “Muh”

  name of, 23, 43, 44, 112

  pre-concert routine of, 159–60, 161–62

  pregnancies of, 40, 44, 45, 50–51

  psychics and, 65–66, 87, 91, 147, 172, 179

  retirement of, 184, 186, 187, 189, 193–94, 198, 233–34

  at school, 28–30, 42

  set lists of, 159

  shoes of, 163–64

  singing of, 30–32, 38–43, 48–50, 55, 61–63, 69, 76, 122, 159–60, 187, 188, 236

  stroke suffered by, 18, 21, 198–201, 209

  success of, 126–27, 131, 138, 165, 172, 177–78

  suicide attempt of, 66–70, 83

  television appearances of, 86, 103–5, 119–20

  therapist and, 80

  tuberculosis contracted by, 73–74, 219

  vertigo (Schwindel) suffered by, 21, 201–3, 209

  Twenty Four Seven Millennium tour, 181–82, 187

  U

  U2, 173, 182

  United Artists, 106

  University Hospital of Basel, 220

  V

  Van den Ende, Joop, 231

  Vanity Fair, 130

  Venetian Room, 116–17

  vertigo (Schwindel), 202

  Tina’s bout with, 21, 201–3, 209

  Vetter, Professor Doctor, 198, 199

  Vögele, Thomas, 220

  Vogue, 194

  W

  Waldorf Astoria New York, 172

  Wallace, Mike, 173

  Ware, Martyn, 122, 123

  Warren, Adrienne, 232–38

  Wembley Arena, 137

  West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center, 30

  “What’s Love Got to Do with It,” 124–26, 131, 139, 143

  What’s Love Got to Do with It (film), 165–66, 237

  What’s Love Got to Do with It tour, 158

  Whitelaw, Bootsy, 32, 39

  Who, 89–90

  Wildest Dreams, 167

  Wilson, Flip, 50

  Winfrey, Oprah, 17, 152, 166–67, 197–98

  Wood, Ron, 121

  Z

  Zurich, 12, 16, 174

  Château Algonquin in, 9–10, 21, 23, 174–75, 176, 182–84, 217, 231

  Lake Zurich, 11, 23, 175, 222

  ZZ Top, 143

  Remember when I said you’ll never get out of this life alive? You won’t. Whatever your expectation of what happens after death, or wherever you think you’re going, you will not need your organs. But someone else does, and that person is anxiously awaiting a lifesaving organ transplant. Please go to OrganDonor.gov in the US or BeaDonor.ca in Canada to give someone the miraculous gift of life that Erwin gave to me.

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